The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether the Constitution required the recusal of a West Virginia Supreme Court justice who received more than $3 million in contributions from…
Because an annual World Naked Bike Ride in Portland, Ore., has created a tradition of protesting in this manner, a Multnomah County judge has dismissed an indecent exposure case against…
Four current and former high school students in Washington state sued the Puyallup School District in federal court yesterday, contending that their names were used without their permission in a…
A partner at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom has published a gay romance novel under a pen name, but he’s not shy about how Proposition 8 has affected him.
During oral arguments yesterday, several justices fretted about the unusual monuments that would have to be erected if the U.S. Supreme Court ruled for a sect seeking to force a…
An activist preacher in Michigan is appealing his sentence of up to 10 years in prison for writing an article predicting that God would smite the judge who oversaw his…
A white supremacist who is accused of posting information on the Internet soliciting harm to a federal jury foreman pleaded not guilty today in federal court in Chicago.
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Wednesday in a case that asks whether a public park is required to display a monument donated by a small religious group…
The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments yesterday on whether the Sixth Amendment requires lab workers to be available for cross-examination about their forensic reports.
Contending that their First Amendment right to religious freedom is being abridged by too-zealous enforcement of a New York municipality’s building codes, a group of Amish families plans to file…
In a potential move that could change the landscape of the nation’s criminal justice system, president-elect Barack Obama reportedly has asked his advisers to put together a plan to close…
The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to hear two cases that ask whether jurors considering the death penalty can consider emotional videos as victim impact evidence.
Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley makes her first U.S. Supreme Court appearance today to argue that the state is not obligated to produce forensic scientists for courtroom testimony about their…
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